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@star22 - sorry to hear of your diagnosis experience. I feel I could well have had a similar experience as I was in despair when I found out I was diabetic. I feel lucky that I came across relevant information just in time and had a diabetes consultant willing to hold off on medication other...

Just started using the Libre recently and also was surprised to see the overnight results showing lots of visits to the low 3's. I'd never measured my BG overnight but assumed it would be in the range I normally experience during the day 4.5-7.0. Being an unmedicated type 2 I don't get...

Thankyou, the sensor has started now. For some reason I thought it only required NFC. I enabled blue tooth and after a couple of goes it started.

Just trying to scan my first Libre 2 sensor. Have an NFC enabled android phone with the Libre Link App. Sensor went into my arm fine, but there is no reaction when I put my phone up to my arm. Any ideas as to why this might be happening?

@ArthurD , welcome. You may find the testimonials in the the following thread of interest: https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/category/success-stories-and-testimonials.43/

I've found the major European capitals to be very accommodating for low carb. Its a thing and many menus have low carb marked or keto marked. Also searching for low carb places hasn't been too restrictive in the few large cities I've been to since my diagnosis. About 17-18 years ago I...

I was initially under the care of a hospital, then discharged to the GP. I was surprised last year when my GP contacted me twice within the year to do my "annual" review so I actually had two reviews. When I went to the last review they also seemed not to have the prior results of the tests...

Just checked mine....and it's 4.5g carbs of which 4g sugars.......though I get the 75% milk, 25% cream version...

@serebor - Thanks. Answers to your qns: Salt: I have not knowingly adjusted my salt intake further to going low carb. I expect that due to dropping a lot of the processed foods I used to eat that overall my salt may even have gone down. I do add use it in most cooked dishes but not more...

@Rachox - interesting. I too can't do much about exercise spikes as also T2 diet controlled. When I do midday excercise I often find that pre-prandial reading will start off 6 and above, and then after my main meal the 90 min post-prandial reading will be lower. When no exercise, it is...

The one I am particularly considering is a three week trip with some camping and some hotel stays in cities. Three decades ago I did something similar, but do not recall any of the group having any particular dietary requirements....the one I did then was marketed as an "overland adventure"...

I'm interested if anyone has travelled with a group where the catering is done a group basis and how they handled keeping to their diet. My own experience thus far has been with very small groups where the operator has been an individual or couple of people catering in their own premises...

Me too....not had any symptoms of selenosis so far...

@Martyk_86 - congratulations on your progress in the last 12 months! I think you might find the following thread of people's stories interesting: https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/category/success-stories-and-testimonials.43/

I had a slightly higher HBA1c at diagnosis. I attempted to cut out all sugar and and as much carbs as possible, replacing them with fat and protein. I too felt strong cravings for carbs initially but it was a matter of only days before these cravings subsided and I was able to stick to the...

What I found was that cauliflower mash was surprisingly good in lieu of potato mash. The other potato alternative for chips was using celeriac. It is a little bit different taste/texture and celeriacs are harder to peel, but it is an option.

Hi @Nicola M - I would agree with your reading of your result. (After the semi colon ( ; ), the figures are the interpretation).

When first diagnosed I was told the following would happen: 1) I would have an annual diabetic eye screening and I'd be contacted with an appointment 2) I would have an annual hand and feet check to check my sensation/feeling 3) I would be given details of support - it ended up being an online...

I had a similar trajectory at the three month stage (51 in my case). At the 6 month stage I leap-frogged the pre-diabetic zone entirely. Given how much yours has come down already, I think there is a good chance you'll experience the something similar. I was a bit disappointed in my 51 as...

I don't count carbs. I thought I might end up doing so, but reducing carbs generally was a big change so decided that was enough of a first step. My blood sugars fell and continued to do, and my HBA1C came into normal range so I never got to the point where I felt I needed to. One of the...